Give you an eg of daily life "mandarin" in singapore:
这个 project 你做完了没有。。。。。upper management 已经等很久了。If let say hor,
你做不来的话,就交给 xxxx handle. 现在是很 critical 的时候,这个东西做不好,整个 system 会 cork
up 的。Then hor, 你也要 contact 那个 supplier 跟他 explain 一下,tell him that
if let say 他 cannot meet our deadline 的话,这样会出很多 problem 的。Oh by the
way hor, 你可以把这些资料先 key in 电脑, then 我们在看怎样 settle.
I don't know about you, I know that's our way of life but having
met a number of Chinese from other Chinese speaking countries for
the past 4 years, something in me tells that all this has got to
change. Doesn't help that our education system is not pro-active in
this aspect. Doesn't help too that mediacock channel 8 that most
singaporeans watch everyday, is coming up with crapshit programmes
of sub-standard Mandarin.
Eg: How many of us can say "cashier" in mandarin? Don't tell me
收钱员 hor.....Higher chinese got teach or not? Normal primary school
kid in China or Taiwan can thrash us flat.